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WINTER WARS 2023
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Team 5: The Glowing Snow
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Anushka
Callisto
Ela (Mouse 333)
Hafs
Juliane
Rosina
COMPLETION POST:
The mods are going to be needing this from every participant for every book they finish for us to be able to track everything better. Only books that have a completion post will be considered for scoring points. Here is the template:
Title:
Author:
Start Date:
Finish Date:
Category and task: (only one task per book read)
Graphic Novel? (Yes or no)
Buddy Read? (Yes or no)
Group Read? (Yes or no)
Pages: (if a graphic novel, please post original and halved numbers; ex: 244/122)
Review: [link of your review]
Please ensure you include the category and task number. It really helps us when we input into our master spreadsheet <3
Hi everyone...looking forward to reading a few chunkers....
Hi everyone! Excited to be a part of Team 5!!! :D We are "the glowing SNOW!!!"
Hello together, looking forward to this challenge :-)
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BRs and GRs bring in the most points so I'll be in quite a few
I'm BR:
Fourth Wing
Bunny
Lady Tan's circle of women
Vampires of El Norte
if anyone wants to join there's threads up for each!!
I've already read Fourth Wing but I'll be joining the sequel group. Iron Flame.
Also, does it count as a Buddy Read if you're reading said book with someone outside this group?
And if 3 of us read 3 separate books with blue covers, does it count as 1 single prompt?
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If you aren't already part of the Discord, here is a link to join: https://discord.com/invite/3hBXPyt2Fa
Winter Wars channels are at the bottom.
Mod
BRs have to be within the group to count
If 3 of us each read a book with a blue cover, then we each get a separate point
Ok. Cool thanks @Hafs. It will be November 1st in my city in less than 4 hours, so I can make my first entry in the excel sheet then, right? Or do we discuss what to put in it first here?
Mod
I tried to edit the spreadsheet but I'm unable to do so. Is anyone else facing the same problem?
Title: A Day of Fallen NightAuthor: Samantha Shannon
Start Date: 01/11/2023
Finish Date: Currently reading
Category and task: Winter is Coming #5 - Epic Fantasy Book
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 880 pages
Review:
Mod
What do you want to edit?
I wanted to see if I could enter any new data but none of the cells let me change their values/numbers.
Mod
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Could the other members try too to input their books in the sheet? Anyone with the link has Editor status so you should be able to put your books in the sheet, because of that I don't know what's the exact problem.
mina wrote: "@Glowing snowsCould the other members try too to input their books in the sheet? Anyone with the link has Editor status so you should be able to put your books in the sheet, because of that I don'..."
I was able to add my book to the spreadsheet
Title: The Midsummer BrideAuthor: Kati Wilde
Start Date: 2 November 2023
Finish Date: 3 November 2023
Category and task: Winter is coming - 4. Read a book written by an author whose (first or last) name starts with a W
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 229
Review
Anushka wrote: "Title: A Day of Fallen NightAuthor: Samantha Shannon
Start Date: 01/11/2023
Finish Date: Currently reading
Category and task: Winter is Coming #5 - Epic Fantasy Bo..."
Hey Anushka, can you please only post in this format when you finish the book? Otherwise, it could easily get lost in the other posts and it won't get counted, and we don't want that when you worked hard to read such a long book!
Hey everyone! Just making a clarifying statement about It’s Giving…Thanks #3: Read a book written by an Indigenous author. What is meant by this statement is this dictionary definition:(of people) inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists.
Because ethnicity and history can be really tricky to determine sometimes, if you aren't 100% sure about something, feel free to ask and we can work through it together. I wanted this prompt to include indigenous groups that we don't often think of as indigenous, like African tribal groups, Polynesian or Micronesian Islander peoples, or even the Welsh, Gaelic, or Basque peoples of Europe. This isn't a gatekeeping space for indigenous identity, but there needs to be some clear evidentiary justification behind the claim :)
✨faith✨trust✨pixiedust✨ wrote: "Anushka wrote: "Title: A Day of Fallen NightAuthor: Samantha Shannon
Start Date: 01/11/2023
Finish Date: Currently reading
Category and task: Winter is Coming #5 -..."
Of course. My apologies for any confusion. I just thought I'd let the other group members know what prompt I've picked so they could pick something else from the category.
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Author: Rebecca Yarros
Start Date: 1st Nov
Finish Date: 3rd Nov
Category and task: New year 5: First book in a series
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
Group Read? No
Pages: 528
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: RabidAuthor: Ivy Asher & Raven Kennedy
Start Date: 03 November
Finish Date: 04 November
Category and task: You're As Cold As Ice - 4. Read a book with fewer than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 372
Review
Title: PhantomAuthor: Greer Rivers
Start Date: 04 November
Finish Date: 04 November
Category and task: You're As Cold As Ice - 3. Read a dark fiction book of any genre (dark fantasy, dark romance, dark academia, etc.)
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 408
Review
@Faith Just checking before I get too far into reading the book, will
count for It’s Giving…Thanks - No. 3 - Indigenous author?
Title: The HealerAuthor: Sharon Sala
Start Date: 05 November
Finish Date: 05 November
Category and task: Winter is Coming - 2. Read a book that features a wolf or other large canine
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 329
Review
Title: MILFAuthor: Erin Noelle
Start Date: 05 November
Finish Date: 05 November
Category and task: She Might Have a Camel-toe…But You Can Meet Her Under the Mistletoe - 1. Read a romance book
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 241
Review
@Juliane yeah that works perfectly! it says in the author bio that she's Apache
Title: The Woman in MeAuthor: Britney Spears
Start Date: November 3, 2023
Finish Date: November 5, 2023
Category and task: It's giving Thanks - No.4 - Audiobook
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 288
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
@ Faith Thank you very much for the answer.
Mod
WINTER WARS update November 6, 2023
We try to post updates each Sunday (but we fail 😅) of this challenge for teams and solo participants. It might not be Sunday yet in some parts of the world but this is for consistency purposes.
TEAMS:
The Cool Kids: 33
The Frozen Chosen: 15
The Sassy SADs: 3
The Incredible Icicles: 17
The Glowing Snows: 19
The Hermits who live in Isolated Mountain Cabins:
Christene Paula: 2
Jasmine:
Jen: 1
Jesa:
Kira:
Madhuparna: 1
The Cool Kids are keeping their team one, number one in this weeks update. The other teams are doing pretty well too.
Happy reading!
❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods
Title: The Beast of BeswickAuthor: Amalie Howard
Start Date: 05 November
Finish Date: 06 November
Category and task: She Might Have a Camel-toe…But You Can Meet Her Under the Mistletoe - 5. Read a book with a red cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 380
Review
Title: Crazy for Loving YouAuthor: Pippa Grant
Start Date: 07 November
Finish Date: 08 November
Category and task: Winter is Coming - 3. Read a book about an orphan
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 390
Review
Title: The Girl with All the GiftsAuthor: M.R. Carey
Start Date: 06 November
Finish Date: 09 November
Category and task: It’s Giving…Thanks - No. 1 - Yellow Cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 408
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: A Day of Fallen NightAuthor: Samantha Shannon
Start Date: 01/11/2023
Finish Date: 09/11/2023
Category and task: Winter is Coming #5 - Epic Fantasy Book
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 880 pages
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Completion PostTitle: Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse
Author: Harper Lin
Start Date:Nov 7 2023
Finish Date: Nov 10 2023
Category and task: You’re As Cold as Ice
4. Read a book with fewer than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 286 pages
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Completion PostTitle: Fourth Wing
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Start Date:Nov 12023
Finish Date: Nov 10 2023
Category and task: Winter is Coming
5. Read an epic fantasy book
Shelved 93 times as epic fantasy
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? yes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages:528
pageshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: The HobbitAuthor: J.R.R. Tolkien
Start Date: November 10
Finish Date: November 11
Category and task: It's giving Thanks - No. 5 - Re-Read
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 366 (I listened to the audiobook - Page number from the first Edition that shows up for me on Goodreads since there are so many editions of the book - by Houghton Mifflin from 2002)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mod
Author: Susan Abulhawa
Start Date: 4th Nov
Finish Date: 6th Nov
Category and task: Let's get lit 3: Book set in the middle east
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 352
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Evil Eye
Author: Etaf Rum
Start Date: 6th Nov
Finish Date: 10th Nov
Category and task: Cold as ice 2: Book with a blue cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 352
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Such Sharp Teeth
Author: Rachel Harrison
Start Date: 6th Nov
Finish Date: 12th Nov
Category and task: Winter is coming 2: Book featuring a wolf
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 336
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Second Form at Malory Towers
Author: Enid Blyton
Start Date: 11th Nov
Finish Date: 11th Nov
Category and task: Let's get lit 4: Middle grade book
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 160
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Bunny
Author: Mona Awad
Start Date: 7th Nov
Finish Date: 12th Nov
Category and task: Let's get lit 5 100.000 or more ratings on GR
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 305
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Mod
WINTER WARS update November 12, 2023
We try to post updates each Sunday (but we fail 😅) of this challenge for teams and solo participants. It might not be Sunday yet in some parts of the world but this is for consistency purposes.
TEAMS:
The Cool Kids: 76
The Frozen Chosen: 58
The Sassy SADs: 30
The Incredible Icicles: 17
The Glowing Snows: 52
The Hermits who live in Isolated Mountain Cabins:
Christene Paula: 2
Jasmine:
Jen: 10
Jesa:
Kira: 54
Madhuparna: 1
The Cool Kids are still on top but we're only almost half-way through November and the games have just begun ;)
Happy reading!
❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods
Completion PostTitle: Midnight Riot
Author: Ben Aaronovitch
Start Date:Nov 10 2023
Finish Date: Nov 12 2023
Category and task: It’s Giving…Thanks
4. Listen to an audiobook
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 392 Hardcover edition
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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✧ Members will be broken out into up to 3-5 separate teams (or go solo) before the start date (November 1st). You will work together to complete a series of tasks together and complete as many of them as you wish.
✧ Books must be read and reviewed from November 1st through December 31st. Any books or audiobooks started before November 1st or finished after December 31st will not count.
✧ If you read an Audiobook version of a book convert the hours to pages using this site: https://alamantus.itch.io/time-to-page or use the print equivalent on Goodreads.
✧ Graphic/Manga novels are accepted but will only count for half of the listed page count. They have to be on the Goodreads database.
✧ You must post at least 3 status updates OR a review. It doesn't have to be super detailed but try to not just say "this was good" for the book to count.
✧ For prompts: if it doesn't fit, it doesn't fit, and it will not count.
✧ Minimum Lengths:
• Books: 150 pages
• Graphic Novels: 200 pages (halved=100 pages)
• Audiobooks: 150 pages (use GR print equivalent length)
POINT SYSTEM
+1 point for every book that has been read and reviewed that correlates with a category
+2 points for participating in a buddy read (must take place in the group)
+3 for one completed category
+4 points for reading/participating in a group read (must take place in the group)
+5 points for every 1,000 pages read
Note 1: Mods keep track of all points in a shared Google Sheets spread to keep everything as organized as possible.
Note 2: You must actively participate in a buddy or group read for the points to count. Lack of participation means no points! This means commenting your updates in the designated thread for that book.
THE CHALLENGES
Winter is Coming
1. Read a book with a black and white cover
2. Read a book that features a wolf or other large canine
3. Read a book about an orphan
4. Read a book written by an author whose (first or last) name starts with a W
5. Read an epic fantasy book
You’re As Cold as Ice
1. Read a book set in the wintertime
2. Read a book with a blue cover
3. Read a dark fiction book of any genre (dark fantasy, dark romance, dark academia, etc.)
4. Read a book with fewer than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads
5. Read a book written by a Black author
It’s Giving…Thanks
1. Read a book with an orange or yellow cover
2. Read a historical fiction book
3. Read a book written by an Indigenous author (native/indigenous to whatever their home region is)
4. Listen to an audiobook (for page count, use the hardcover edition; if there is no hardcover edition, use whatever is the default)
5. Re-read a book
Let’s Get Lit
1. Read a book by a Jewish author
2. Read a book with fire on the cover
3. Read a book set in the Middle East
4. Read a middle-grade book
5. Read a book with more than 100,000 ratings on Goodreads
She Might Have a Camel-toe…But You Can Meet Her Under the Mistletoe
1. Read a romance book
2. Read a book set in South America
3. Read a book originally published in the 1900s
4. Read a book written by an author who was over the age of 50 when the book was published
5. Read a book with a red cover
New Year, New Me
1. Read a dystopia book
2. Read a book with an unusual format
3. Read a book in a genre you don’t like (or one you don’t read very often)
4. Read a book set in the future
5. Read a book that is the first in a series
LINKS TO SPREADSHEET
To help track your team points, strategize and communicate, we've created individual team spreadsheets and team discord channels. Any errors within it are mine—please let me know if you spot anything wonky.
Spreadsheet:
*We won't be making Discord channels UNLESS you request it.
Reminder: Mods will NOT use your spreadsheet to record points. This is for your team purposes only! Please make sure to post an accurate completion post or we will not count it!